tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23830899.post1371173159336063358..comments2024-03-27T12:58:00.592-07:00Comments on Snowbrush: What to do with a catatonic catSnowbrushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00436087215476479042noreply@blogger.comBlogger48125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23830899.post-90131371965678521852011-01-17T12:28:55.624-08:002011-01-17T12:28:55.624-08:00I think from your site, I got a visit from Punky C...I think from your site, I got a visit from Punky Chopsticks, Thank You Snow.<br /><br />Sincerely,<br />The TuskThe Tuskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11372022574714082288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23830899.post-39848271590100868852011-01-17T01:11:08.693-08:002011-01-17T01:11:08.693-08:00Well, it seems like you have your work cut out for...Well, it seems like you have your work cut out for you with the spray bottles, air horn, etc. You'll be so exhausted by bedtime, it won't matter what Brewsky is doing! I'm not surprised, though, if he isn't becoming a bit paranoid by now and afraid to ever close his eyes!!RNSANEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02841873957894861725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23830899.post-75566314554003039152011-01-13T09:20:14.087-08:002011-01-13T09:20:14.087-08:00I must admit that my attention span is usually too...I must admit that my attention span is usually too short to read blog postings that are mostly words rather than being depicted with action figures, but I'm so glad I perused this entry from start to finish. The blasts from the water gun and airhorn helped keep my attention as well!<br /><br />Thanks for your visit to my place. Next time, do you think maybe you could bring the vet? My cat's okay but I'd like to take a look at the doctor as he exits my blog.Lynne with an ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00320166770541319601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23830899.post-25776009242209569952011-01-13T00:15:01.184-08:002011-01-13T00:15:01.184-08:00Nollyposh said: "Wow Snow i am surprised that...Nollyposh said: "Wow Snow i am surprised that you have a cat at all?!"<br /><br />I'm not sure what this alludes, but allow me to say that I'm crazy about Brewsky. He's mellow and cuddly, but after decades of nothing but dogs, having a cat does require some getting used to.<br /><br />What I understand about true feral cats is that they never do make good pets. I very much suspect that at least one of Brewsky's parents were feral. When the shelter got him and his sibling, he weighed two pounds, and had fleas, ear mites, and ringworm. The person who dropped him off said that she "found" him, so who knows but what his mother was killed.Snowbrushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00436087215476479042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23830899.post-30410564332395173362011-01-12T20:49:52.719-08:002011-01-12T20:49:52.719-08:00Wow Snow i am surprised that you have a cat at all...Wow Snow i am surprised that you have a cat at all?! We have the same kind of rules here cats & dogs come in to shelters & are de-sexed & most people buy them from there... In fact i have myself on a list at the moment for a free cat cage from the local council for a stray that is hassling our neighborhood cats & when caught the Rangers will come & take it to a shelter & if it has no ID (ie) micro-chip that all domestic animals must have for registration & fees etc, then it to will go to a shelter... But if they are not bought within a certain time frame they are 'put down' & never released... i had a friend once that would catch stray city cats, where he lived, a few at a time, clean them up, de-sex them & find homes for them... There are some areas now (Where my mum lives for instance) where cats are only allowed outside if you have a purpose built cat run... That does seem a better option considering the hunting instincts they have... My cat stopped killing wild life when i sprayed him with a water bottle (!!!) and refused to feed him for days after he would bring his 'prize' home... He got the message pretty quick... i also have 2 brother in-law's with attitudes more like yours, they just shoot anything they consider a pest & one of them only keeps a few wild cats around his property to keep the mice & rats at bay (& then shoots them if they over breed)... (Ps) i must admit (touch wood) we have never had a mouse in our house... Although i did save a little field mouse once from the cats mouth... i am a sucker! xnollyposhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13205974328143335552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23830899.post-54727736631035104272011-01-11T19:04:22.683-08:002011-01-11T19:04:22.683-08:00Nolly, the local humane society neuters or spays E...Nolly, the local humane society neuters or spays EVERY animal that it adopts out. Another thing that I feel strongly about is that it's very, very wrong to pay people to breed animals for pets when literally MILLIONS of animals are killed every year in this country alone because no one wants them. I've killed such animals myself, and because I lived in a small town in Mississippi with no other way to do it, I shot them in the head one at a time until I filled the back of a pickup. A few weeks later, I would go out and shoot another truckload. Even at that, the "shelter" became so crowded so fast that I went out one day and found that a dog in one of the cages had been cannibalized, not because the other dogs were hungry but because they were stressed.Snowbrushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00436087215476479042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23830899.post-54537604620192718722011-01-11T18:27:04.250-08:002011-01-11T18:27:04.250-08:00I so appreciate the tips, but meat--what meat? Our...I so appreciate the tips, but meat--what meat? Our cat eats tofu. It helps keep his weight down--way, way down. (Just kidding)<br /><br />Posh, you have a LAW that cats have to be indoors at night? I would favor a law that says cats have to be indoors all the time or, at the very least, wear one of the bibs that keeps them from killing wild animals. The humane society that Brewsky came from catches feral cats, neuters them, and returns them to where they were caught. We have many such cats that live alongside the creek across from our house. Waterfowl and various mammals breed there, and the cats kill them. I try to make our yard a safe place for wild squirrels by providing them with food and houses. The last time baby squirrels were born, we watched a neighbor's cat disappear over the fence with one in its mouth. The same cat returned everyday until all four were dead. Some people claim that this is natural behavior, but I would argue that there's nothing natural about artificially breeding large numbers of domestic predators that are then free to become recreational killers of animals that they don't need for sustenance. Then, there is the cat shit in flower beds, the cat tracks on people's cars, the cats that get run over, or eat poisonous plants, or catch diseases, or eat pesticides, or drink anti-freeze from under cars. Animal control will ticket you if you are caught all alone with nobody in sight throwing a ball to your dog in the enormous open area across the street, but animal control is just fine with cats having unrestricted freedom. I can only liken this to my childhood when dogs were likewise free to come and go completely as they pleased. This was a bad situation for dogs, and it's a bad situation for cats too.Snowbrushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00436087215476479042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23830899.post-20144560741283477552011-01-11T18:13:28.029-08:002011-01-11T18:13:28.029-08:00Oh and (Ps) is he desexed? Ya better if you haven&...Oh and (Ps) is he desexed? Ya better if you haven't already otherwise he is going to start peeing all over the furniture with all that stress you have him under... You need a good/better vet... Or a good telly one with advice... We have "Dr Harry" & he visits homes with 'problem' pets with great common sense solutions... xnollyposhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13205974328143335552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23830899.post-45546057123208339702011-01-11T18:07:17.230-08:002011-01-11T18:07:17.230-08:00Lol! Snow i can always rely on you for a good larf...Lol! Snow i can always rely on you for a good larf! (Silly spelling intended) Your cat is normal... they sleep all day and want to hunt all night... it's genetics... Do what we do, at night puss sleeps in the laundry (Door closed) in a nice comfy bed with his food and water close by (We by law have to keep our cats indoors at night anyway and my husband hates cats & doesn't trust what he might get up to while we sleep so the cat literally goes to bed at night in his own room... To encourage him always feed him at the same time in his room & he will then quite happily remind you in the end when it is bed time!) and by day he will still sleep most of it away anyway because he is a cat!... Another little secret if you hate cleaning out the litter box, feed dry food at night & his meat in the morn, he will then usually want to go out for a morning poop (Rather than a night one in the tray) and then he'll be back indoors for more zzzzzzzz's no doubt like all cats! Oh and stop with the water torture or you will end up with a cat on Valium (i'm not kidding a sister in-law had her cat on them because he got upset when they got a dog & they are waaaaay more expensive than the human stuff!) Good~Luck, Vicki xnollyposhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13205974328143335552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23830899.post-15514673941511973262011-01-11T17:16:01.202-08:002011-01-11T17:16:01.202-08:00Buy a chicken at Krogers. Show chicken to cat, th...Buy a chicken at Krogers. Show chicken to cat, then throw chicken in freezer. Several days later, throw cat in freezer too, long enough to see the chicken. Remove cat. Tell cat "That's what we did to our rooster when he woke us up the first time...and we loved him."<br /><br />Cat will never, ever wake you again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23830899.post-58465456208864891872011-01-11T13:27:26.273-08:002011-01-11T13:27:26.273-08:00Why thank you, Hattie. Do you have a blog? If you ...Why thank you, Hattie. Do you have a blog? If you do, I couldn't figure out how to get to it.<br /><br />Rhymes, limberness isn't terribly important to me. Coming when I call is, but Brewsky apparently feels that such things are beneath his dignity. I think it would be the same with a snake. Another problem with snakes is that they're a little smelly, at least the ones that I pick up in the woods. Of course, that could be because they squirt out some noxious substance.Snowbrushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00436087215476479042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23830899.post-7889580879588096572011-01-11T09:45:11.044-08:002011-01-11T09:45:11.044-08:00Oh you are a hoot! I found you via Kay and have fa...Oh you are a hoot! I found you via Kay and have faved you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23830899.post-37283922580519840242011-01-11T07:35:45.596-08:002011-01-11T07:35:45.596-08:00Limber pet...check.
I'm predicting your next ...Limber pet...check.<br /><br />I'm predicting your next pet will be a boa constrictor.rhymeswithplaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10870439618129001633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23830899.post-25562177644022593202011-01-10T19:29:18.705-08:002011-01-10T19:29:18.705-08:00No joke, Pamela! Avoid cats at all costs. They'...No joke, Pamela! Avoid cats at all costs. They're horrid creatures without a single redeeming virtue--well, okay, a few. For example, they kill rodents (some cats, anyway); they're self-cleaning; you can carry them on airplanes (not that they want to go on airplanes); and, unlike schnauzers, they don't need haircuts, and their moustaches don't drip water all over the house after they've had a drink. Oh, and they're very limber, which isn't really an asset, I suppose, unless having a limber pet is high on your list of virtues.Snowbrushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00436087215476479042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23830899.post-63023598898335108742011-01-10T18:13:35.588-08:002011-01-10T18:13:35.588-08:00I just knew there were reasons I have always been ...I just knew there were reasons I have always been a dog person.Pamela Terry and Edwardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12746603636884819522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23830899.post-16341915033361718702011-01-09T14:06:55.343-08:002011-01-09T14:06:55.343-08:00Rhymes, we've read enough about declawing to r...Rhymes, we've read enough about declawing to realize that it's more akin to chopping off digits than simply removing nails.Snowbrushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00436087215476479042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23830899.post-91591783444800282322011-01-09T12:12:27.842-08:002011-01-09T12:12:27.842-08:00Just don't have him de-clawed because if he ev...Just don't have him de-clawed because if he ever gets outdoors and gets in a fight, he won't have a chance of holding his own in the fracas.<br /><br />This is not a salacious comment, just a quaint way of speaking.rhymeswithplaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10870439618129001633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23830899.post-48750135356927963702011-01-09T10:06:59.346-08:002011-01-09T10:06:59.346-08:00Marion, when Brewsky goes completely wild at night...Marion, when Brewsky goes completely wild at night, we put him in the laundry room where he has a bed, food, water, and, of course, a litter box. Mostly, though, he is content to sleep with Peggy (he won't sleep with me because my CPAP weirds him out). We are determined to make him a 100% indoor cat because his odds of living a long life are better that way, and because we don't want him out annoying people and killing things.Snowbrushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00436087215476479042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23830899.post-60050991487414636582011-01-09T06:56:45.268-08:002011-01-09T06:56:45.268-08:00I read this when you first posted it. At the time,...I read this when you first posted it. At the time, my first reaction was horror which quickly morphed into hilarity...(hilarious horror...how about that?). Today I read it again and was able to focus on the way you drew in humour...I love the way the vet needed a smoke, but cut his fingernails instead. Very funny!<br /><br />Hope you've had some sleep by now, Snow. As soon as I bring a new cat home, I put him in a room prepared for him/her. He gets accustomed to his room,he's out during the day and I'll put him back in at bedtime. And close the door. There is a bit of rumpus going on each time, but I get my sleep without waking to find a cat/kitten staring at me.<br /><br />When the cat is old enough, the room is not required anymore, since eventually (in old age) they will sleep. And then, that room he was in usually gets completely redecorated, ha!Marionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00607220451457829777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23830899.post-89625075023381999662011-01-07T22:29:57.917-08:002011-01-07T22:29:57.917-08:00Haha, I get the feeling one of these days Brewsky&...Haha, I get the feeling one of these days Brewsky's going to get in touch with his own inner "squirt bottle" and develop his own "training program".tattytiarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18408220720084181008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23830899.post-45876283778049663282011-01-07T22:07:32.723-08:002011-01-07T22:07:32.723-08:00Peggy used to say she would never have a male dog ...Peggy used to say she would never have a male dog because it was disgusting the way they humped people's legs. Then we got both a male and a female and, guess what, the male never once humped anyone in all his 11 years, whereas the female has humped me soundly everyday for 13 years. Naturally, Peggy disapproves of this display of amour. I think Peggy is just jealous.Snowbrushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00436087215476479042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23830899.post-24827646988047420502011-01-07T19:08:39.734-08:002011-01-07T19:08:39.734-08:00sexual perverts...that explains it. I never knew w...sexual perverts...that explains it. I never knew when the pervert rubbed against my legs, it was because the cat wanted to throw me in the sack! and my cat is a female so now I have a lesbian cat too.A Plain Observerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03741520771592669741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23830899.post-59586720669188597272011-01-07T09:22:18.462-08:002011-01-07T09:22:18.462-08:00Poor, poor Brewsky! Of course he is catatonic if ...Poor, poor Brewsky! Of course he is <i>cat</i>atonic if you're going to go around squirting him with milky water everytime he tries to take a catnap! <br /><br />My three cats, on average, sleep 20 hours a day and tear up Jake the other 4 hours, are quite reasonable about letting me sleep undisturbed. Can't remember how long it took for that to happen, though, since they are currently aged 10, 9 and 8, and I've had them all since kitten-hood.Pat - Arkansashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11623638376731374600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23830899.post-45695064841418396062011-01-07T08:31:04.122-08:002011-01-07T08:31:04.122-08:00LMAO that is just so wrong and so hilarious at the...LMAO that is just so wrong and so hilarious at the same time XD <br /><br />While I'm definitely a dog person, you gotta hand it to the cats for knowing how to be so adolescent and yet so loved at the same time. I guess all us teens have to do to get more attention is grow a tail and the skin's surface area's worth of fur...man, we've been going at it all wrong.Punk Chopstickshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03384444438981628779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23830899.post-84046918496332052892011-01-06T13:10:51.298-08:002011-01-06T13:10:51.298-08:00Hahahaha, that cheered me up! My friends have all ...Hahahaha, that cheered me up! My friends have all been through the 'washing up bottle' stage with their cats. It's good fun though feels like sanctioned animal abuse HA! <br /><br />We have the flu back again. Joy.All Consuminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03089119991474852732noreply@blogger.com